{"podcast":{"title":"The Realisation Festival Podcast","slug":"the-realisation-festival-podcast-7072015","podcast_index_feed_id":7072015,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2418827.rss","website_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418827","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/qt5ev7y7dwazsu1wnnzroik8aury?.jpg","author":"Mark Vernon","episode_count":26,"summary":"Welcome to the podcast of the Realisation Festival, which takes place every year at St Giles House, Wimborne, Dorset (http://realisationfestival.com). The podcast is hosted by Mark Vernon, in conversation with individuals who have attended the festival. The aim is to develop a sense of the various ways in which realising is done, as people offer reflections on ideas, experiences, books and activities.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-realisation-festival-podcast-7072015"},"episode":{"title":"In the beginning was connection. A conversation with Kenneth Cross","slug":"in-the-beginning-was-connection-a-conversation-with-kenneth-cross","published_at":"2025-01-14T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-realisation-festival-podcast-7072015/in-the-beginning-was-connection-a-conversation-with-kenneth-cross","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-realisation-festival-podcast-7072015","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418827/episodes/16436661-in-the-beginning-was-connection-a-conversation-with-kenneth-cross.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418827/episodes/16436661-in-the-beginning-was-connection-a-conversation-with-kenneth-cross.mp3","summary":"Many of today’s troubles could be described as ones of connection. But is that about a lack of connection, a flood of connection, or perhaps the quality of connections? Mark Vernon talks with Kenneth Cross about relationally and, in particular, the inspiration that might be drawn from fungi. Mycelium exist in a substerranean world, blurring the distinctions between organisms, sharing in ways that are strange even disturbing. So what light does that cast on human sympathies and selfhood? ...","meta_description":"Many of today’s troubles could be described as ones of connection. But is that about a lack of connection, a flood of connection, or perhaps the quality o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2187,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-realisation-festival-podcast-7072015/episodes/in-the-beginning-was-connection-a-conversation-with-kenneth-cross/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-realisation-festival-podcast-7072015/in-the-beginning-was-connection-a-conversation-with-kenneth-cross.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}